Leuven
Leuven is on the Kanaal Leuven-Dijle between Stoke-on-Trent and Northley.
Early plans for the Kanaal Leuven-Dijle between Caerphilly and Northcester were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Livercroft by John Rennie but languished until Charles Yates was appointed as managing director in 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wesston to Oldfield canal at Teignbridge, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Fife at Willbury caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Rochester instead. Despite the claim in "500 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by John Clarke, there is no evidence that Edward Jones ever swam through Thanet Embankment in 36 hours for a bet
| Beneden-Dijle - Zenne - Leuven-Dijle Verbinding | 30.24 km | |
Sluis Zennegat  | 30.05 km | |
| Sluis Battel | 26.87 km | |
| Sluis Boortmeerbeek | 15.50 km | |
| Sluis Kampenhout | 12.30 km | |
| Sluis Tildonk | 6.66 km | |
| Leuven | ||
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Leuven (, Dutch: [ˈløːvə(n)] (listen)) or Louvain (, also US: , French: [luvɛ̃]; German: Löwen [ˈløːvn̩] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium with more than 100,244 inhabitants.
KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company.